Mausoleum.



W. A. CLOCK.

' MAUSOLEUM. I APPLICATION FILED MAY25. 1915.

1,167,88. Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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W. A. CLOCK.

MAUSOLEUM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1915.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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WILLIAM A. CLOCK, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

MAUSOLEUM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

Application filed May 25, 1915. Serial N 0. 30,388.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM A. CLOCK, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Mausoleums, of which the followin is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved mausoleum construction of the sort com monly known as community mausoleums in which individual chambers are arranged in orderly relation usually in vertical and horizontal rows, and has to do more particularly with improvements in the means by which the chambers are sealed, and with other features to be hereinafter set forth. The usual and preferable'material for such mausoleums is concrete which may be suitably reinforced with metal, the outer and visible parts being of some ornamental material as marble.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully apparent from the following specification and claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is an incomplete perspective view partly in section, showing a part of the mausoleum structure adjacent the roof and illustrating the general arrangement of the chambers;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section also incomplete illustrating the construction of the individual chambers and of related parts. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

ing part of the wall comprising the outer sealing means of the various chambers as it appears from the hall or interior of the mausoleum. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 55 of Fig. 41. Fig. 6 1s a detall section showing means for yieldingly hold-y ing the outer or inscripticn slab in place.

Fig. 7 is an incomplete vertical section similar to Fig. 3, showing vessels for holding chemicals for sanitary purposes.

As will be apparent from Fig. 1, I arrange the individual chambers 1, each of which is designed to hold an encotfined body, in orderly relation, preferably in vertical and horizontal rows, in a continuous concrete structure. These chambers are formed between parallel vertical walls 2 preferably by sliding floor slabs 3 into grooves 4. A

Fig. 4 is an incomplete elevation ShOW- perfectly sanitary arrangement is secured by providing each chamber 1 with a metal lining 5 (which may be inserted after the concrete is finished) closed at the entering end by a door 6, which is shown as a flanged metal plate soldered in place to the metal lining at a to form a hermetic seal. This is the best construction, but it is not absolutely essential to line and hermetically seal the individual chambers. In front of this plate' removed to obtain access to the interior of' the chamber 1.

'A horizontal ledge which is preferably continuous is provided at the base of each chamber and preferably on a level with its floor. This ledge which serves the purpose of ornamentation, of a shelf for holding flowers, and of a guide and support in placing the coffin in position is conveniently made up of sections 10 corresponding to the individual chambers, and supported from the walls 2 in some suitable way as by the rods 11 embedded in the said walls and having forked ends 1213 extending into corresponding sockets in adjacent sections. It will be noted that these sections are spaced fromthe ends of the walls 2 and of the floors 3 a sufficient distance to allow room for the outer or inscription'slabs 7 which are supported in any suitable manner from the walls or floors as, for instance, by rods or pins 15 embedded in the floor. These slabs are removable in a manner shortly to be explained, but tight joints are formed preferably by the use of resilient means for forcing the slabs forward against-the inner face of the adjacent ledges. This may obviously be accomplished in various ways, the one shown being very simple.

In Fig. 6 a removable spring 16, which is merely a piece of resilient metal bent upon itself, is illustrated as located in a shallow slot in the end of the wall 2. It may have one end secured to the said wall or be removable, and the slot is for convenience in preventing the spring from falling out of place while the slab is being located. Two or more such springs are preferably used at each side of each slab as indicated in clotted lines in Fig. 4'. In front of the end of each wall 2 and at the side of each slab 6 is a vertical stile 17, which extends at each side slightly beyond the edge of the adjacent slab 7 which it thus overlaps. These stiles form a part of the permanent structure but are movable to expose the edges of the outer slabs 7, which are held in position adjacent the ends of the chambers. They are illustrated as held yieldingly in contact with the inner or back faces of said stiles by springs as above explained, but it is obvious that they might be held by non-resilient means. The direction of movement of the stiles in the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings is edgewise or, more broadly speaking, lateral, but the essential feature is not the direction of the movement but the fact that the stiles are movable, in whatever direction, so as to free or render accessible the slabs 7. In the construction illustrated each side is slidable edgewise sufficiently to enable the slab 7 to be grasped by the hands and lifted out, being first raised for that purpose. A convenient construction by which this sliding is possible is illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 4;, in which it will be seen that each stile is provided at its top and bottom with a pin 18,

which coacts with a slot 19 extending from one ledge section 10 into the adj acentsection.

The manner in which access is had to the individual chambers 1 will now be obvious. The stiles 17 at each side of the slab 7 of the chamber in question are moved to one side. The slab 7 is lifted out, the springs 16 removed, the seal 6 removed and finally the vessel 8 giving access to the chamber. After the coffin has been inserted the reverse operation is performed.

My mausoleum differs distinctly from prior structures in which outer closures could be removed only aftermanipulation of bolts, nuts or screws, by reason of the fact that while the outer closures are held in proper location they are at once accessible for removal by merely moving the stiles.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. A mausoleum comprising a plurality of individual chambers having end plates closing said chambers, a sealing slab for each chamber, ledges common to a plurality of chambers, upright stiles between said ledges and common to a plurality of chambers, means for holdingeach of said slabs in contact with a plurality of said ledges and stiles, and means for permitting lateral movement of said stiles.

2. A mausoleum comprising a plurality of individual chambers arranged in orderly relation, a slab for each member, ledges common to a plurality of chambers, upright stiles mounted between said ledges for lateral movement and each overlapping the side edges of two adjacent slabs, whereby lateral movement of a given stile in one direction frees the adjacent edge of one of the adjacent slabs and lateral movement in the opposite direction frees the adjacent edge of the other, said slabs retaining at all times a place in the structure.

3. A mausoleum comprising a plurality of individual chambers arranged in orderly relation, a readily removable normally inaccessible slab adjacent the end of each chamber, and framing adjacent the ends of saidchambers and having fixed horizontal members and upright members located between them and normally in front of the side edgesof said slabs and mounted for lateral movement, whereby movement of said members from in front of a slab renders it accessible, said movable members retaining at all times a place in the structure.

l. A mausoleum comprising a series of chambers arranged in vertical and horizontal rows, a series of slabs each corresponding to one of said chambers and located adjacent its entering end, and framing inclosing the entering ends of the chambers, normally rendering said slabs inaccessible, and having fixed members and members mounted for movement in said framing into and out of normal position therein.

5. A mausoleum comprising a plurality of chambers arranged in orderly relation, a series of slabs each corresponding to one of said chambers and located adjacent its entering end, said slabs having spaces adjacent their side edges whereby when exposed they may be grasped by the hands, and framing inclosing the entering ends of said chambers and having fixed horizontal members and upright members between them at the sides of said slabs mounted for movement in said framing into different positions therein and normally rendering the side edges of said slabs inaccessible but exposing them when moved.

6. In a mausoleum, an individual chamber, a ledge below and a ledge above the same, uprights at each side of said chamber between said ledges mounted for lateral movement and retaining at all times a place in the structure, a slab behind said ledges and uprights, and spring means urging it into contact with said ledges and uprights, the uprights when laterally moved exposing the side edges of the slab, whereby it may be grasped by the hands for ready removal. I

7. In a mausoleum, an individual chamber, framing adjacent its entering end, a sealing slab havingspace about its edges,

and resilient means urging said slab out- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature Ward into contact with said framing, said in presence of two Witnesses.

framing having a movably mounted member -WILLIAL I A. CLOCK.

whereby an edge of the slab may be exposed, Witnesses: V 5 the space enabling it to be grasped by the FRANK J MANGAM,

hand. ANNA PARTRIDGE.

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